Video Journalist

Key Responsibilities

• Report, shoot and edit video across formats, including breaking news, explainers, features and franchise series
• Capture high-quality footage in the field, including interviews, live events and on-the-ground reporting
• Shape stories through editing, with strong pacing, clean audio and clear narrative structure
• Contribute to higher-production video, including YouTube videos, recurring series and documentary-style projects
• Collaborate with producers, reporters, editors and audience teams to execute video tied to newsroom priorities
• Help maintain visual consistency and quality across recurring formats and franchises
• Ensure all video meets strong editorial, technical and production standards
• Manage footage, project files and assets with clear organization and version control
• Work efficiently under deadline pressure while maintaining a high level of craft

About the Houston Chronicle

The Houston Chronicle, recognized for its Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism, serves its 2.3 million residents with content and marketing solutions across two of Houston’s largest websites — HoustonChronicle.com and Chron.com, along with our magazine, television and newspaper brands. Our mission is to spark conversations that inspire action to create a better Houston.

About Hearst Newspapers

With 2,500 employees across the nation, HNP encompasses a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union, several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses, and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate. At HNP, we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories – growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, evolving platforms – to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.